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TSA extends mask mandate for planes, public transportation in US through mid-September

The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday it will extend a federal mandate that requires people to wear masks in transportation settings, including at airports, on commercial aircraft and on commuter bus and rail systems through September 13.
US to restrict travel from India starting May 4 due to COVID-19 surge

State data show ‘breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases extremely rare

As of April 27, less than 0.1 percent of people fully vaccinated in Massachusetts tested positive for the virus.
Why do some people feel worse after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose? Your vaccine questions, answered More COVID-19 vaccine news and resources

A vaccine side effect you haven't heard about: Weird food cravings

1,179 confirmed cases, 16 deaths, and 99,817 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

Celebrity doctor in Maine blocked from Instagram over COVID-19, vaccine misinformation claims

Instagram has disabled the account of Dr. Christiane Northrup, a best-selling author and prominent gynecologist, for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, according to the social media platform’s parent company, Facebook.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a discussion about the economy, Friday, April 30, 2021, at 1819 Innovation Hub in Cincinnati.

Vice President Harris is expected to visit Providence next week

Who are the top paid police officers in Boston, and how much do they make in overtime?

These graphics break down the Boston Police Department's salaries.
More than 30 Boston officers made over $300,000 last year

Globe Magazine | Summer Travel

Illustration for vacation travel guide for summer. Image of summer vacation scenes, including beach umbrella, car towing a trailer, an amusement park, a plane, etc.

You’re vaccinated and ready to roam. Here’s how to make the most of your summer vacation

Tips for saving money and exploring off-the-beaten-path destinations this summer.
Wellfleet, MA- July 1, 2014- Globe Staff Photo by Stan Grossfeld- Damon Wolf, 13, New Paltz, N.Y. does a handstand as the sun sets into Cape Cod Bay in Wellfleet.

Pack patience along with your sunblock when heading to Cape Cod this summer

Record house rentals and booming hotel reservations mean the Cape could be busier than ever this summer. Here’s what you won’t want to miss.
Massachusetts 54th Regiment reenactors in front of the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial in 2018.

The Black Heritage Trail: A walking tour deep into Boston history

The trail leads visitors through Beacon Hill and offers a glimpse of the 19th-century Black experience.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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On the Street

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

Residents have come to know Dorchester’s Fields Corner as a place where newcomers can find a home. From Vietnamese to Haitian Creole to Spanish to Portuguese, signs in the store windows and chatter on the street reflect a neighborhood like few others in Boston.
A closed storefront on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

A Vietnamese enclave faces growing pressure
A new style of apartment building pictured on the left, with a past style pictured on the right, on Faulkner Street in Fields Corner.

Creating small-scale solutions to a big housing crunch

Explore the full 'On the Street' series
On the Street: Fields Corner
Fields Corner, a Vietnamese enclave, boasts locally owned businesses. But as development continues, rising costs threaten to displace residents. ( Shelby Lum/Globe Staf )

In this combination photo, actress Esmé Bianco appears at HBO's "Game of Thrones" final season premiere in New York on April 3, 2019, left, and musician Marilyn Manson appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 9, 2020.
Actor Esmé Bianco sues Marilyn Manson, alleging sexual abuse
“Game of Thrones” actor Esmé Bianco sued Marilyn Manson on Friday, alleging sexual, physical and emotional abuse.

The Globe files suit against the Boston Police for keeping officer misconduct records secret

The lawsuit alleges the department is unjustly using a law meant to protect victims as the basis for withholding records in several high-profile officer misconduct cases.

Diane Vitkus, 28, a former lacrosse player at Brown University, was paralyzed in a fall last summer.
A Boston-based company’s wheelchairs help athletes find a whole new range of motion
Global Research Innovation and Technology's Freedom Chair was developed by two MIT graduates and is being distributed to some through a grant program.

Rob and Karen Hale have given $30 million to Conn. College.
Granite Telecom chief Rob Hale and wife Karen Hale donate $30 million to Connecticut College
The South Shore businessman and his wife once made the biggest donation that Connecticut College ever received. Now, they’re topping their own record.

Dinner with Cupid
Lindsay and Bibek on their Zoom blind date.
Blind date: ‘He takes pub trivia very seriously ( … he’s going to be featured on a game show)’
Will this genetics researcher find her corresponding pair?

Connections | Magazine
The garage school in the author’s backyard.
Will our kindergartener remember pandemic ‘garage school’? I’ll never forget it
With students returning to in-person school, a mom wonders what impression remote learning with neighborhood pals left on her kid.

Opinion

Rollins’s departure before her term ends in 2022 would be a loss to the city and could drain considerable energy out of the district’s criminal justice movement.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Suffolk County may lose one of its most prominent leaders on criminal justice

District Attorney Rachael Rollins may become the next US attorney.
While the Trump administration was trying to stop the 2020 Census early, Rhode Island used innovative strategies to engage residents who were the hardest to reach.
Sabina Matos

The key to Rhode Island’s successful census? Counting immigrants.
The claim that the Capitol invasion was a "nonviolent protest" is one of many untruths that have been festering in Republican circles.
RENÉE GRAHAM

The Republican Party’s big little lies
A police officer receives his COVID-19 vaccination at Gillette Stadium's vaccination site on January 15 in Foxborough. As of last month, 30 percent of State Police had not been vaccinated at department-run sites, indicating that many of them have yet to be vaccinated.
EDITORIAL

It’s time for employers to impose vaccine mandates
SCOT LEHIGH

Joe Biden rolls the liberal dice

Recommended reads

Jeneé Osterheldt
In this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., delivers the Republican response to President Joe Biden's speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
Tim Scott is right. America has made progress. But it’s still racist
Tim Scott is right. America isn’t just a racist country. It’s a supremacist and individualistic nation where sometimes those who manage to navigate its hurdles tend to deny the systemic realities of a rotten foundation.

Two Van Gogh exhibits. Two Secret Bostons. And now, a swirl of controversy

Secret Boston founder Michelle McCormack has accused a competitor of causing confusion and hurting her reputation.

A vaccine side effect you haven't heard about: Weird food cravings

Evidence is anecdotal at best, but who knows? Plenty of us are dreaming of food after that shot.

Older teens are now eligible for the COVID vaccine, but will their vaccination rates catch up to those of their elders?

So far, roughly 28 percent of Massachusetts 16- and 17-year-olds have gotten at least a first shot, state data show.

In Maine, the debate over schools returning full-time rages town by town

Unlike Massachusetts and New Hampshire, where state officials have ordered schools to reopen, Maine has deferred to its school boards and the principle of local control.

metro

In this April 10, 2008, file photo, three right whale tails surfaced in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass.

Boating speed restriction on Cape Cod extended due to continued presence of right whales

At least 160 right whales — about 40 percent of the species’ known population — were spotted in Cape Cod Bay by the Center for Coastal Studies this week.
RI SPORTS

Runners, rejoice: Real-life races resume in Rhode Island
RI POLITICS

R.I. Black and Latino caucus lists top legislative priorities

Sports

Rounds 2 and 3 of the 2021 NFL Draft are set for Friday evening.
live updates

2021 NFL Draft: Rounds 2 and 3 sure to produce some surprises; Patriots set to pick twice

The Patriots are set to pick twice tonight — once in the second round, and once in the third.
MLB NOTEBOOK

Jon Lester reinstated from COVID-19 list, at last ready to debut for Washington

Women’s world hockey championship rescheduled to late August

business

A worker walks outside of a Boeing facility in Everett, Wash.

Boeing says it fired 65 workers for hateful words or actions

Call it ‘enforcement fatigue’: Restaurant workers are tired of fighting unruly customers

Granite Telecom chief Rob Hale and wife Karen Hale donate $30 million to Connecticut College

politics

A passenger arriving from India is tested for Covid-19.

US to restrict travel from India starting May 4 due to COVID-19 surge, White House says

Jill Biden plants tree to mark Arbor Day as White House readies for family cat
Analysis

Why the next 100 days will define the Biden presidency more than the first 100 days

Living Arts

Love Letters

Having nightmares about an ex

Flipping the script in true-crime series ‘The Staircase’

Norwell High School senior well versed for Poetry Out Loud nationals

education

School buses left after dropping students off at the Mattahunt elementary school in Mattapan in mid-December.

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

Baker announces $70 million for summer learning programs

Mass. commits over $70 million for summer programs to combat learning loss during the pandemic

rhode island

After a long hiatus during the pandemic, some road races in Rhode Island are returning, starting with the Providence marathon, half marathon and 5K this Sunday. The Ronald McDonald House Running Club held a training practice Wednesday night at the Hope High School track in Providence. Forty-nine of its members are competing in the Providence races.
RI SPORTS

Runners, rejoice: Real-life races resume in Rhode Island
RI POLITICS

R.I. Black and Latino caucus lists top legislative priorities

RI BUSINESS

Only one hospital in R.I. earned 5 stars from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid

Newton

Newton

Newton mayor ‘frustrated’ over pace of 52 bus route’s return to service

Here are the top Massachusetts high schools, according to the 2021 rankings from US News & World Report

video

Comfort Zone

MUSIC
Kinstler has been wowing the judges all season. Now she's the last local standing, having been voted into the Top 9 by viewers.
‘I wish my dad was here to see it.’ Berklee student Grace Kinstler turns grief into gold on ‘American Idol’
Kinstler has been wowing the judges all season. Now she's the last local standing, having been voted into the Top 9 by viewers.

Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter.
Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter to be honored at Boston Arts Academy event
The Springfield native has personal reasons for supporting the school.

Rose E. Hansen recorded — and re-recorded — her entry for this year's virtual competition.
Norwell High School senior well versed for Poetry Out Loud nationals
Rose E. Hansen recorded — and rerecorded — her entry for this year's virtual competition.

Miss Lilly returns with some salvaged goods.
Meet the ‘rope broker’ who cleans up the Cape’s seafloor and supplies artists with the salvaged goods
Laura Ludwig will go to most any length to find new uses for rope, nets, buoys, traps, and other equipment hauled from the depths.

COMFORT ZONE
Arlen Weiser, the inspiration for his dad's book, "The Boy Who Wanted to Rock."
On the pages of his dad’s book, ‘The Boy Who Wanted to Rock’ gets his wish
While his scientist wife was working on the rollout of Pfizer's vaccine, keyboard programmer David Weiser of Haverhill wrote a book inspired by the couple's AC/DC-loving 6-year-old.

Special Projects

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.
See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

A bicyclist made his way across Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength
A mural on the side of the Mayor Bill Carpenter Garage in Brockton.

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST
The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Stacks of bitcoins sit near green lights on a data cable terminal in an office in London office.
Alex Beam

A cryptic crypto explainer
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on April 26 that the Justice Department will begin an investigation into the policing practices of the Louisville Police Department in Kentucky.
Kimberly Atkins

Garland lays first blocks in rebuilding path to trust
Packs of menthol cigarettes line a shelf at a grocery store in New York.
Mark A. Gottlieb and Richard Daynard

FDA finally moves to ban menthol cigarettes
If Governor Baker leaves office after two terms, what exactly did he stand for? He’s known for finding the safe middle ground, not for breaking new ground. And COVID-19 put any initiatives he did embrace on hold.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Baker will run. Probably.

Wooden arrows show the distances to various cities on King George Island, Antarctica.
IDEAS | BEN JACKSON

The bottom of the world rises to the top of social media
Ingrid Zavala, right, with her mother and sister in 1990.
ideas

Left behind after my family’s deportations, I still dream of making it in America

STAT

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Transmission electron micrograph of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Boston, MA -- 03/16/21 -- The cover of the summary report of the review hearing for Jospeh Messere, is seen on March 16, 2021, provided by his attorney David Apfel.(Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic
In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

JAMA illo
Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

SCT illo
Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

magazine
Wellfleet, MA- July 1, 2014- Globe Staff Photo by Stan Grossfeld- Damon Wolf, 13, New Paltz, N.Y. does a handstand as the sun sets into Cape Cod Bay in Wellfleet.
Summer Travel

Pack patience along with sunblock when heading to Cape Cod
An illustration of a patient talking with a doctor via smartphone.
Perspective

COVID-19 brought health care into the 21st century
Triple Ginger Scones With Chocolate Chunks
Cooking

Recipes: Sweet brunch treats for Mother’s Day
Illustration of a house, key, and outdoor activities to go with a story about how the pandemic has affected the real estate market, causing people to want more space and outdoor space in particular.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021

sports

Mac Jones took questions from media members Friday at Gillette Stadium, his new home venue.

New Patriots quarterback Mac Jones gets a blustery welcome in Foxborough

After a dreary 2020 campaign, Patriots have treated fans to a marvelous offseason

Game 27: Red Sox at Rangers lineups and notes

metro

South County Hospital in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

Only one hospital in R.I. earned 5 stars from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid

1,179 confirmed cases, 16 deaths, and 99,817 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

New center in R.I. will research sleep, and how it affects kids’ mental health

Nation

Jana Elkadri outside of her Brookfield, Wis., home on April 23. At the 100-day mile marker, polls show most Americans are giving Biden positive marks for his early performance, particularly for his management of coronavirus pandemic. But in one pocket of swing-state Wisconsin, where a suburban surge helped put Biden in the White House, interviews with voters show that support often falls short of adulation.

‘I’m still exhaling’: Swing-state voters on Biden’s 100 days

Giuliani got warning on Russia from the FBI in 2019

Senator Tim Scott’s comments on race ignite a fiery debate

World

Mourners carry the body of a person who died during Lag B'Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, at his funeral in Jerusalem on Friday. A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed dozens of people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said.

Israel mourns after a religious festival turns into disaster

Brazil backs away from the virus brink as deaths top 400,000

Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 44, hurts dozens

politics

Packs of menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products at a store in San Francisco.

Federal health officials vow again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars

GOP’s Senator Scott delivers rebuttal of Biden’s speech to Congress, criticizing him over race, pandemic

House unanimously passes $47.7 billion state budget

business

CarGurus hired Brad Rosenfeld to be executive vice president of digital retail commercialization.

CarGurus hires Amazon executive to helm digital retail business

Former senator Scott Brown played a pivotal role in bringing back road races next month

Global chip drought hits Apple, BMW, Ford as crisis worsens

lifestyle

The Reach Every Reader literacy initiative at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education launched three apps last week designed for early childhood.

Running out of things to talk with your toddler about? These apps can help

Five charged in shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker

We now know the name of the restaurant that’s opening atop the Newbury

marijuana

Kathleen Owens, left, and Linda Noel grow hemp at Terrapin Farm in Franklin.

‘We feel like the ugly stepchildren of cannabis.’ Mass. hemp farmers wait in regulatory purgatory

On 4/20, Boston’s acting mayor turns to marijuana industry for campaign cash

US House passes marijuana banking bill with bipartisan support

opinion

Multi-purpose masking up

Suffolk County may lose one of its most prominent leaders on criminal justice

The Longevity Hub

food & dining

Contessa will open in June atop the Newbury Boston.

We now know the name of the restaurant that’s opening atop the Newbury

A modern tavern inspired by a historical one

Recipe: Giant break-apart sugar cookies to celebrate gathering for the first time in a long time in person

travel

David Bromstad in Mykonos, Greece.

HGTV star David Bromstad loves his annual tan, his pillow, and the Cape

Traveling with an autistic child is hopefully becoming less restrictive and stressful

Boston Harborwalk in four easy pieces

Books

Around the world

On finding freedom for every body

Reading Raymond Chandler and other mysteries

Movies

Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter.

Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter to be honored at Boston Arts Academy event

Meet Ruth E. Carter, the costumer behind ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Malcolm X,’ and more

This year’s IFFBoston shows the virtues of going virtual

Television

Toni Collette (pictured in 2020) will star with Colin Firth in the HBO Max limited series.

Flipping the script in true-crime series ‘The Staircase’

It looks like John Mayer has another TV show

It’s the streaming era, but channel surfing and appointment TV are back

music

Kinstler has been wowing the judges all season. Now she's the last local standing, having been voted into the Top 9 by viewers.

‘I wish my dad was here to see it.’ Berklee student Grace Kinstler turns grief into gold on ‘American Idol’

Grammys may cut nomination review committees

Billboard Awards nominations include 16 nods for Weeknd, 6 for Morgan Wallen

Theater/Dance

Jared Troilo as TJ and Tah-Janay Shayoñe as Sally in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of James Ijames's "TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever."

Playwright James Ijames on ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever,’ reimagining history, and who gets to tell the story

In ‘Until the Flood,’ a portrait of a town and the ravages of racism

After a lost summer, Jacob’s Pillow will return for a full season in 2021

globe local

Road to Responsibility has outfitted a group home in Norwell with iPads and other high-tech devices that residents can employ to accomplish everyday tasks on their own.

Nonprofit outfits ‘smart home’ in Norwell for people with disabilities

Nomination papers for Newton’s city election in November available starting Monday

Helping shelter dogs get to their forever homes

Obituaries

This Nov. 5, 1971 photo shows actor Kirk Douglas and his wife Anne at the premier of "Fiddler on the Roof" in Los Angeles. Ms. Douglas died Thursday.

Anne Douglas, widow of late actor Kirk Douglas, dies at 102

Jason Matthews, author of ‘Red Sparrow’ thrillers, dies

Leo Stapleton, former Boston Fire Department commissioner, dies at 93